written
a past participle of write.
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Origin of written
1Other words from written
- half-written, adjective
- pre·writ·ten, adjective
- self-written, adjective
- well-written, adjective
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How to use written in a sentence
In its written statement this week, a NHTSA spokesperson said the agency is working on another rule that “would reduce early transitions to forward-facing car seats and boosters,” but she did not provide any details.
State Attorneys General Push Federal Government to Follow the Law and Finally Create Side-Impact Tests for Kids’ Car Seats | by Patricia Callahan | July 15, 2021 | ProPublicaIf a lobbyist sends pre-written legislation but the office doesn’t have the bandwidth or the diversity of experience to assess these things, members will be a lot less effective.
These Dems Want a $15 Wage. Guess What Their Interns Make. | Matt Fuller, Roger Sollenberger | June 17, 2021 | The Daily BeastIn some cases, for instance, the written reviews were almost entirely negative, while the non-written reviews were almost all five stars.
Maker of keyboard apps for the blind sues Apple, claiming anticompetitive behavior | Reed Albergotti | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostWell written ads are decisive to the success of a Google Ads PPC strategy.
Ways to get the most out of your Google Adwords PPC strategy | Jacob M. | January 19, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThrough its designated spokesman, Prospect and Leonard Green declined the initial request and asked ProPublica to submit written questions.
A Hospital Chain Said Our Article Was Inaccurate. It’s Not. | by Peter Elkind | October 12, 2020 | ProPublica
Michael Kazin is a historian who has written a lot about the New Left.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the real mystery and injustice came from Brooke being essentially written out of the history of the civil rights movement.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America | John Avlon | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Samaritan guidelines are written around the assumption that suicide is a purely irrational act, an act spurred by illness.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism | Arthur Chu | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAmong the characters to be portrayed were the people I had written about—the unsung heroes of the Selma campaign.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was different, he said, from any other song he had ever written.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if the Bible was written by men, some of them more or less inspired, then it would not, in all probability be wholly perfect.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordA considerable proportion of the industrial and commercial news is now written to an end.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsAccustomed to a written character, their eyes became wearied by the crabbedness and formality of type.
They embody in themselves the uppermost thought of the era that was dawning when they were written.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockI have written to her, and to Mrs. Coningsby; and she is perfectly free: every bond is relinquished, but that of the heart.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane Porter
British Dictionary definitions for written
/ (ˈrɪtən) /
the past participle of write
taken down in writing; transcribed: written evidence; the written word Compare spoken (def. 2)
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